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Recent Lung Cancer Headlines of Mar-21-06:

Gene test holds ‘great promise’ to predict lung cancer
NewKerala.com, India -
Mar 20, 2006Sydney: A new study has found that a test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer may also be able to predict ...

Health Tip: Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer, Too
Forbes -
Mar 17, 2006(HealthDay News) -- The disturbing truth about lung cancer is that while smoking is a primary avoidable cause, non-smokers can contract lung cancer, too. ...

Researchers Discover a Unique Molecular Profile for Lung Cancer
Kansas City infoZine, MO -
Mar 17, 2006A team of researchers has found that the expression pattern of certain microRNAs, or miRNAs, may predict tumor aggressiveness in some patients with lung cancer ...

Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
eMaxHealth.com, NC -
Mar 17, 2006A new report says despite a growing body of evidence that continued smoking after a cancer diagnosis has substantial adverse effects on treatment effectiveness ...

Depleted Uranium: US Lung Cancer Rates Soar
DisInfo.com, NY -
Mar 17, 2006On average there are 175,000 new cases of lung cancer each year in the United States. For just the months of January and February ...

Gene test 'helps predict lung cancer'
The Age, Australia -
Mar 15, 2006A test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer may be able to predict who actually develops the deadly disease ...

Gene test helps predict lung cancer, study finds
Reuters.uk, UK -
Mar 16, 2006WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test that finds damaged genes in the lungs of people considered at high risk of lung cancer might be able to predict who actually ...

Genes May Help Guide Lung Cancer Care
ABC News -
Mar 16, 2006By Amanda Gardner. WEDNESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — Specific genetic patterns may predict the course of lung cancer, researchers report. ...

Genes May Help Guide Lung Cancer Care
Forbes -
Mar 15, 2006WEDNESDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Specific genetic patterns may predict the course of lung cancer, researchers report. The ...

Diabetes Not Tied to Increased Lung Cancer Risk
PakTribune.com, Pakistan -
Mar 16, 2006ISLAMABAD: While studies have shown that the rate of some cancers is increased in patients with diabetes, the risk of lung cancer apparently is not, according ...

Health Briefs
Mar 21, 2006 ... ... For more information, call 447-6605. Lung Cancer Support Group will meet from 5-6:30 pm March 23 at the Summit Cancer Care office. ...

Nonsmokers with lung cancer
Monterey County Herald, CA -
Mar 16, 2006... And they have no idea why more women who have never touched a cigarette get lung cancer than men who have never lit up. Lung cancer ...

Program targets lung cancer
Inside Bay Area, CA -
Mar 13, 2006... resident said she was lucky after she heard about the unexpected death this past week of Dana Reeve — widow of Christopher Reeve — a victim of lung cancer. ...

Dana Reeve's Death Draws Attention to Lung Cancer
International News Service, Australia -
Mar 15, 2006... Writer. Dana Reeve isn't your typical victim of lung cancer, but she is not a rarity. ... A. Smoking is the biggest cause of lung cancer. Smoking ...

A boost in fight on lung cancer
Denver Post, CO -
Mar 15, 2006In a discovery that offers long- awaited hope for the early detection of lung cancer, researchers say genetic tests on mucus predicted which people eventually ...

Loss of Dana Reeve Highlights Women's Unique Lung Cancer Risks
Fashion Monitor Toronto, Canada -
Mar 13, 2006The stunning loss of Dana Reeve at age 44 highlights lung cancer's toll on women—taking more lives than breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and uterine cancer ...

CU Researchers Develop Test To Predict Lung Cancer
cbs4denver.com, CO -
Mar 15, 2006... form of cancer. Doctors have found they can basically use spit to find out if someone is likely to get lung cancer. The research ...

Smokes ad model has lung cancer
Daily Telegraph, Australia -
Mar 16, 2006LONDON: A former British model who fronted a multi-million pound cigarette ad campaign said yesterday he had throat cancer. John ...

Health Journal: The case against vitamins
Mar 21, 2006 ... ... the opposite. Beta carotene was seen as a cancer fighter, but it appeared to promote lung cancer in a study of former smokers. Too ...

Targeted Agents Added to Guidelines for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ...
Mar 21, 2006 ... HOLLYWOOD, FL -- March 20, 2006 -- Two targeted agents have been added to the guidelines for treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer by the National ...

I blame passive smoking
The Herald, UK -
Mar 19, 2006It was then, a week after her 66th birthday, that she was diagnosed with lung cancer. "It came as a shock. I did not have any symptoms ...

Single-Dose Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Effective for Small ...
Mar 21, 2006 ... The study evaluated both primary lung cancer (cancer that started in the lung) and metastatic lung cancer (cancer that spread to the lung from another part of ...

Lung cancer molecular profile discovered by researchers.
MedIndia, India -
Mar 15, 2006The analysis of these findings indicates that miRNAs may represent a new class of diagnostic and prognostic tools for lung cancer. ...

Who Are Lung Cancer's Victims?
CBS News -
Mar 7, 2006She announced in August 2005 that she had lung cancer and that she had never smoked. The announcement came days after ABC News anchor ...

Reeve's Death Puts Focus on Women's Lung Cancer Risk
Forbes -
Mar 8, 2006... News) -- Experts say it may take the illness and death of Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, to finally swing attention to lung cancer's grim toll ...

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